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Frank Courtney
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Dún Laoghaire/Trim Co. Meath : Ireland ⛵/🏰 : 🇮🇪
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A Christmas photo from Dún Laoghaire - a few years ago now, but still one of my favourites
Marine Road in Dun Laoghaire - with Christmas lights on trees
December 24, 2024 at 9:10 AM
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A short break from the election counts @powerscourthouse.bsky.social
Swan and lake reflections
December 1, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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I see Threads are making changes to try and be more like Bluesky - the kind of changes users always wanted. However, even if they succeed, then there's this other difference :
2 screenshots showing the number of trackers on Threads (96) vs Bluesky (0)
November 27, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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Grand Canal Dock in Dublin
View of Grand Canal Dock at night with reflections and lit-up buildings
November 24, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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Orange tree in Cádiz
View looking up into the branches of an orange tree on the street in Cádiz, Spain. Many partly-ripe oranges.
November 23, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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Misty evening (Trim, Ireland)
B&W photo of a misty evening with silhouetted trees, and a church in the distance.
November 21, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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Dún Laoghaire baths
Night view of Dún Laoghaire baths
November 19, 2024 at 11:55 AM
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Bandstand on Dún Laoghaire east pier with lighthouse in the background

#Photography 📷
Bandstand on Dún Laoghaire east pier. The bandstand has some extra Christmas lights (but fewer than in previous years). In the background is a lighthouse throwing a beam of red light on the water.
December 14, 2023 at 9:57 AM
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A bit of a cross-cultural mix-up here.
Shop window in Madrid : lottery tickets with green plastic leprechauns on them. Spanish sign says "Lucky Saint Patrick €5 each".
December 10, 2023 at 11:38 PM
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Moonlight shot from the City of Arts & Sciences in Valencia, Spain.
#photography 📷
Moonlit scene of the Calatrava-designed buildings in Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències (City of Arts & Sciences) in Valencia, Spain
November 24, 2023 at 2:53 PM
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The painter Joaquín Sorolla was born in Valencia, and later moved to Madrid where is home/garden/studio is now a museum.
#photography #painting 📷
This is a painting of his garden - the last one he painted. Shortly afterwards, in 1920 he had a stroke and never painted again. Interior of his studio, with many of his paintings on the wall A view of his garden with a pond, fountain and statues. Behind is a large window of the house. A view of the garden with plants, trees and columns. The view includes the same area as in his last painting.
November 17, 2023 at 11:54 AM
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Crosthwaite Park this evening (taken from CP West).
#photography 📷
Photograph of Crosthwaite Park West (in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) with the aprk on the LHS and the road and a terrace of houses on the RHS. There are trees int he photo which have lost most of their leaves.
November 15, 2023 at 5:26 PM
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Detail from a Sorolla painting showing his wife Clotilde at the beach, using an early Kodak camera
November 10, 2023 at 9:35 AM
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Sagrada Familia in Barcelona - hope I survive to see it finished (current estimate sometime around 2026++).
#photography 📷
Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Stained glass windows illuminated by the evening sun.
November 3, 2023 at 5:02 PM
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Misty evening near Trim, Co. Meath
#photography 📷
B&W photo of a misty evening near Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland. Trees in the foreground and a church spire visible in the distance.
November 2, 2023 at 10:06 AM
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Trees showing "crown shyness" photographed at Powerscourt
#photography 📷
B&W photo looking up at trees showing "crown shyness" I.E. gaps between the crowns/canopies
November 1, 2023 at 12:40 PM
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Skull made of straw/flowers in a florists shop for Halloween/Dia de Los Muertos.
(Gingko Florists Baggot St. Dublin)

#photograph 📷
Photo of skull made of straw/flowers in a florists shop for Halloween/Dia de Los Muertos. Also, reflection on a rainy footpath.
October 31, 2023 at 10:30 AM
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View from Killiney Hill today
View from Killiney Hill today, showing Sorrento Terrace, Dalkey Island, The Muglins and sea 🌊 to the horizon
October 30, 2023 at 3:52 PM
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Similar - took the blue tram up Tibidabo to follow the story locations. Not quite as spontaneous a trip as yours though.
Photo of historic blue tram at Mt. Tibidabo in Barcelona
October 29, 2023 at 12:53 PM
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Geese hanging around on a weir - Cahir
#photograph 📷
Photo of many geese standing in a line on the edge of a weir in Cahir, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
October 28, 2023 at 12:40 PM
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Interior view of DFA Iveagh House in Dublin. Visited recently as part of Open House Dublin.
View of elaborate staircase and walls in Iveagh House Dublin - the home of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
October 27, 2023 at 4:17 PM
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Just a random photo of my favourite Dublin pub
A few men sitting on bar stools in Nearys pub in Dublin
October 27, 2023 at 4:10 PM
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The atrium (light well) and rooftop restaurant floor of Clerys. Still a shell, but work largely completed. Visited as part of #OpenHouseDublin.
October 14, 2023 at 6:02 PM
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View of Dublin from the roof of the Central (bank) Plaza. Visited as part of Open House Dublin
Panoramic view of Dublin
October 13, 2023 at 2:13 PM
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Detail from Harry Clarke's "Song of the mad prince" in the
@NGIreland
Detail from a Harry Clarke window, 3 figures, predominant colour his favourite blue.
October 7, 2023 at 11:14 AM